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🇻🇪 El Nacional

Venezuela · ES · https://www.elnacional.com

About El Nacional

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El Nacional is owned by C.A. Editorial El Nacional. Its director and editor-in-chief, Miguel Henrique Otero, operates from exile since 2015. The newspaper's headquarters were seized in 2021 and awarded to high-ranking government official Diosdado Cabello as part of a defamation lawsuit.

El Nacional, founded in 1943, has historically been a significant independent media outlet in Venezuela, known for its critical stance against the governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro. It has faced severe government pressure, including continuous website censorship, a defamation lawsuit that led to the seizure of its headquarters, and restrictions on newsprint that forced it to become an exclusively online publication in 2018. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and other organizations consistently document a 'very difficult situation' for press freedom in Venezuela, with independent media facing legal and economic pressure. The headline sample includes international sports news alongside critical domestic reporting, such as denunciations of government abandonment during disasters and legal actions against Nicolás Maduro, reflecting its anti-government editorial line.

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